What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Documentation Specialist position at HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MED CNTR?
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The Clinical Documentation Specialist facilitates improvement in the overall quality, completeness and accuracy of medical record documentation for assigned hospital in the northern region of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH). Obtains and promotes appropriate clinical documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, nursing staff, other patient caregivers, Health Information Management Department coding staff, and Emergency Trauma Department (ETD), to ensure clinical documentation reflects the level of service rendered to patients is complete and accurate. Educates all members of patient care team on documentation guidelines, on an on-going basis. The CDS reviews and screens ED inpatient admissions and observations as specified by the facility's Utilization Management/Review Committee for documentation completeness and compliance with patient status. Facilitates accurate documentation for severity of illness and medical necessity. Interacts with physicians, case managers, and nursing staff and provides guidance and recommendations for admission or observation disposition. The CDS assesses patients for present-on-admission (POA) conditions to ensure accurate documentation, regarding hospital acquired conditions (HAC). Communicates the transfer of appropriate concurrent information to the inpatient Case Managers and the Clinical Documentation Specialists (CDS), assigned to the unit.
Qualifications:
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Graduation from medical school.
- Minimum of 5 or more years of experience reviewing and screening inpatient admissions and observations or equivalent experience.
- Experience assessing patients and improving the quality and ensuring compliance of medical records documentation or equivalent experience.
- Ability to interact well with physicians and other members of allied health care team, including HIM coders.
- Must be computer literate, have working knowledge and familiarity of Microsoft Word and Excel/Windows based software programs.
- Must possess excellent communication, organizational, analytical, writing and interpersonal skills.
- Dependable, self-directed and pleasant.
- Critical thinking, problem solving and deductive reasoning skills.
- Recent hospital experience.
- Knowledge of Pathophysiology and Disease Process.
- Knowledge of Medicare Part A.
- Familiar with Medicare Part B.
- Knowledge of regulatory environment.
- Understand and support CDMP® documentation strategies.
- Knowledge of POA/HAC and core measures.
- Knowledge of Observation and Inpatient medical necessity.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements for appropriateness of admissions.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- ICU, CCU and/or strong Medical/Surgical experience.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) or certification within two (2) years of eligibility.
Licenses and Certifications Preferred:
- Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) or certification within two (2) years of eligibility.
If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!
